A thoughtful, inquisitive, slightly off the beaten path weekly newsletter. Covers a very eclectic mix of topics, often having to do with sociotechnical transformations, but also cities, systems, hybrids, the environment, history, scifi, design, and many other ideas that matter. Each issue provides the essential quotes and insights to four or five featured articles, as well as diverse quick takes.
One of the most fascinating content curators in town… and even internationally.
—Matthieu Dugal
Sentiers is my regular go-to, thanks to its mesh of design, economics, sustainability, organizational theory, and business.
—Ana Andjelic
One of the few newsletters that arrives in my inbox and provides actual value.
Covers thoughts about imagining, critiquing, and building the future. I’m always impressed with what he surfaces and I bet you’ll be too.
—Kristoffer Tjalve
Hi, I’m Patrick Tanguay
A generalist, synthesist, and curator of eclectic ideas here at Sentiers. I’m also a Thought Partner for leaders & organizations.
A Thought Partner is someone who, through a practice of researching, reading, learning, asking questions, and writing, helps partners in developing their ideas, knowledge, and thinking.
My usual “process” is to read all the time and get obsessed with certain topics. I’m on my fourth or fifth career, and for each I was self-taught, learning everything I could until I became the person who’s “generally in the know about stuff,” resulting in jobs and client work. I even led a publication about learning for three years.
Sentiers and Thought Partnership are how I reconcile these habits and the endless knowledge found online; sharing with anyone through the newsletter and for specific needs when collaborating with clients.
Previously I was a web developer for 15 plus years, co-founded the first coworking space in Montréal, Station C, and co-initiated the critically acclaimed print magazine The Alpine Review. Over the years I also helped start a number of groups bringing people and ideas together: The Awesome Foundation Montréal, Webcamp, Creative Mornings Montréal, and Hacks/Hackers Montréal. Back in the day I was caretaker of the oldest and longest running blogger meetup, Yulblog (we still meet a couple of times a year).